Nominee 2023

Shadow Men: Inside Wagner, Russia’s Secret War Company

The Wall Street Journal

This 40-minute documentary film goes behind the scenes of the Wagner Group, a nefarious organization led by Yevgeny Prigozhin—a mercenary, oligarch, and onetime associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin—who has since rebelled against the leader and died in a plane crash.

PRIMARY PRODUCTION CREDITS

Executive Producers: Robert Libetti, Christopher T. Stewart. Senior Executive Producers: Ben Weltman,  Amanda Wills. Producers: Denise Blostein, Jane Lytvynenko, Frank Matt, Emma Scott. Editors: Jan Kobal, David Seekamp. Reporters: Rob Barry, Benoit Faucon, James V. Grimaldi, James Marson, Till Daldrup, Lisa Schwartz. Design and Technical Staff: ​​Luca Depardon, JJ Lin,  Bjorn Bellenbaum. Cinematography: Yoan Cart, Umit Gulsen, Alex Stratienko, Sergey Fomkin, Maxim Blazhenko, Michael Downey, Nikita Pavlov. Sound/Music: Jan Kobal, David Seekamp, Dan Brantigan.